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Pythons have Stranglehold on Florida Everglades Ecosystem
FirstCoastNews.com Florida News
Jan 31THE EVERGLADES, Fla. -- Workers hold a nearly 16-foot-long Burmese python captured and killed in Everglades National Park, Fla., in October. The python had consumed a 76-pound adult female deer. »
Study: Burmese pythons wiping out Everglades mammals
Broward County News / South Florida SunSentinel
Jan 30Raccoons, opossums, other species vanishingBurmese pythons have virtually wiped out raccoons, marsh rabbits, opossums and other once-common mammals in the southern region of Everglades National Park, according to a nine-year study that shows the snakes... »
Python likely wiping out Glades mammals, new study finds
Miamiherald.com MiamiDade
Jan 30For the first time, scientists have put numbers to the toll Burmese pythons have had on native wildlife in the Everglades. But one word can sum it up: carnage.In the decade since the giant constrictors started showing up in significant numbers, mammals... »
Florida winters are prime time for wildlife viewing
The Miami Herald Living
Jan 22This is the season I wait all year to enjoy — and not just for the cooler, dryer weather that makes it a joy to hike, bike and kayak. It’s also the peak time to spot some amazing wildlife. Florida is well endowed with animals and birds year around, but... »
Team Begins 100-Day Trek In Fla. Wildlife Corridor Expedition
CBS 4
Jan 17Four men committed to preserving South Florida’s river of grass and the corridor that spans the entire state began their 100-day trek Tuesday, and they’re known as the Everglades Explorers. »
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TM To MDX: Stop Westward Expansion
Transit Miami
Jan 26We need your help now to protect the Everglades. Miami-Dade Expressway Authority is planning to expand the 836 Dolphin Expressway west toward Krome Avenue and then south to Tamiami Airport. This project would accelerate westward development, threaten a... »
Behind the Senate redistricting maps: political battles that are very personal
Naked Politics
Jan 25Personal ambitions have been kept off the record in the Legislature’s once-a-decade redistricting fight, but the carefully choreographed plan could implode this week if the House committee proposes and accepts changes to the Senate map. That would put ... »
Smoke From Everglades National Park Planned Burn May Be An Issue Thursday and Friday
Homestead Is Home
Jan 05By MIAMI HERALD STAFFBrush fires will burn inside Everglades National Park on Thursday and Friday, but it’s all planned.Still, park officials are warning communities along the eastern park boundary they might experience light smoke throughout both days... »